Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/22

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Subject: RE: [Leica] shall I bother? Sandy's fit o' pique
From: Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 14:12:36 -0500

Good stuff, Carl. I wish Mike would have defined "Troll", as it is the 
favorite fuel of flaming on the LUG.

JLS

At 02:25 PM 6/22/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Dear Leica Users (and former/wish they were still) Group,
>
>This mode of interaction is still new to hupersonity, little understood 
>and it's way too easy to vent, and then click 'send.'
>
>I think it was a contributor to this list who turned me on to this 
>marvelous work:
>
>http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame01.html
>
>Not only is this guy a fine artist, but a sociologist of what should be 
>the first rank. Viewing and reading through his usenet personality types 
>the other night, I learned a lot about weird 'net behavior and 
>sensitivities - and learned a bit about myself.
>
>Please go through the warrior roster and you'll probably find yourself in 
>one or more of these types. If you are not one of them, you are a rare, 
>fortunate person who has avoided contamination by post WWII "culture." 
>(It's not this form of interaction that creates these personalities, it's 
>the anonymousness and ease on email that makes it so easy to express the 
>distrust/hostility that other factors in our dis-socialization create.)
>
>I am, with this post, playing the role of
>
>http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame36.html
>
>but, I have in the past, on other forums, been
>
>http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame43.html
>
>and
>
>http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame16.html
>
>and even
>
>http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame55.html
>
>*Groan!*
>
>Having much experience of this cyberland, I venture to guess that Mark, 
>also a veteran, might have jumped to a conclusion. Been there. Happens.
>
>Anyway, I nominate Mike Reed for the future Internet equivalent to the 
>Nobel Peace Prize. I hope not a Nobel, of course, with so much blood on 
>their hands .....
>
>Ugh, there goes http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame55.html again . . . .
>
>Other useful insights:
>
>http://www.levity.com/markdery/flame.html
>
>http://www.albion.com/netiquette/rule7.html
>
>Carl
>
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